The Renault Arkana ranks #27 over the period. A new Top 135 Passenger Cars ranking is now available for Russia for the January-April 2020 period, giving us a much better look at this market than our monthly Top 25. And there's a lot happening just outside the familiar group of…
Renault is up to 16.1% share in Bulgaria vs. 10.2% in 2020. The Bulgarian new car market freefalls -68.1% year-on-year in May to just 1.448 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -47.1% to 10.042. Renault (-50.3%) snaps the brands top spot for the first time in 2020, shooting up…
Heavy discounts lift Kia sales up 96.8% in a market down -31.7%. From -71.4% in April, the Slovenian new car market recovers to -31.7% and 5.086 registrations on May which is the smallest year-on-year decline of all 23 European markets we have covered so far. The year-to-date tally is now…
The Ford Puma signs its first Romanian Top 20 finish. Picture turatiiscrise.ro The Romanian new car market only marginally improves on April (-50.3%) with May sales down -45% year-on-year to 7.155 units, pulling the year-to-date tally down -31.4% to 29.355. Homegrown brand leader Dacia (-34.9%) resists a lot better and pushes…
The Skoda Kamiq is the best-selling recent launch in Estonia at #15. New car sales in Estonia only fare marginally better in May at -62.5% to 1.107 than they did in April (-67.8%), leading to a year-to-date tally down -35.9% to 7.717. Skoda (-39.5%) resist significantly better than the market…
The Vauxhall Corsa is the best-selling vehicle in Scotland and Wales. It's another catastrophic month for UK nations in May, with overall UK sales down -89% year-on-year. The detail by nation is now available thanks to our partnership with SMMT, and shows England (-88.4%) at 18.244 sales and Wales (-88.7%) at…
The Kia Stonic is the 2nd best-selling vehicle in Croatia in May. The Croatian new car market remains very affected by the coronavirus crisis with sales down another -76.2% year-on-year in May to 2.173 units, pulling the year-to-date volume down -55.6% to 13.286. Market leaders Volkswagen (-64.1%) and Skoda (-46.8%)…
The Lada 4x4 scores the best year-on-year hold in the Top 15 (-30.4%). In the space of two months, Russia went from 8.672 confirmed COVID-19 cases when we published our March 2020 update to 440.538 at the time of writing, ranking third in the word below the USA (1.861.966) and Brazil…
Skoda leaps onto the European podium for the first time in history and the Octavia is up to a record 2nd place overall. 03/06 update: Now with final figures for the Top 100 models (JATO) 29/05 update: Now with Top 55 All-brands and Top 365 All-models (JATO). Final figures for…
The Renault Clio is #1 in Serbia in April and YTD. After dropping -42.6% in March to 1.701 units (complete Top 10 models below), the Serbia new car market is down another -78% year-on-year in April to 934 sales, pulling the year-to-date volume down -37.1% to 6.827, according to data shared…
The Citroen C3 is the #1 in Slovakia in April - but there's a trick... New car sales in Slovakia plummet down -61.5% year-on-year in April to 3.424 units, the lowest monthly volume since January 2003 (3.527). The year-to-date tally is now down -31.7% to 22.390. Skoda (-56.3%) stays very close…
Launched in January, the Geely Coolray is already inside the Belarus Top 20. Belarus is shaping up to be BSCB's latest monthly update addition. To celebrate, we can offer you today detailed brands and models data available since the start of 2020. Brand-wise, we have a complete Q1 2020 Top…
The Mercedes EQC shoots up to a record 5th place in Norway in April. 15/05 update: Now with Top 40 All-brands and Top 190 All-models. After a two-week lockdown imposed on March 16, Norway declared the coronavirus pandemic "under control" on April 6. Total cases have gone from 4.447 as of…
The Skoda 100/110 topped Czech sales charts in the early seventies. May 2020 update: Now with 15 years of uninterrupted All-brands and All-models annual data from 2005 onwards (12 updated articles). Historical Data as far as 1969 is available for Czechoslovakia, split between Czech Republic and Slovakia from 1993 onwards. Witness…
First ever Russian Top 25 finish for the Kia Seltos. 20/06 update: Now with YTD Top 135 models. As we anticipated last month due to a national lockdown implemented on April 2 and in place all through the month, the Russian new car market collapses in April at -72.4% year-on-year to…